# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-root
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:16:59.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-root"
name: "Jim Root"
slug: "jim-root"
description: "James Donald Root is an American musician. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W0920-Hellfest2013_StoneSour_JamesRoot_71653-Crop.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.97730133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0740516"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Root"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1788418"
    title: "Jim Root"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump